Manusmriti [sanskrit]

by Ganganatha Jha | 1920 | 23,875 words | ISBN-10: 8120811550 | ISBN-13: 9788120811553

This is the Sanskrit text of the Manusmriti, which is a collection of verses dealing with ‘Dharma-Shastra’—the ancient Indian science of Law, Spritual life, Politics and Ethics.. The edition of this text is based on Ganganatha Jha’s translation of the same text.

Verse 8.84

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आत्मैव ह्यात्मनः साक्षी गतिरात्मा तथाऽत्मनः ।
माऽवमंस्थाः स्वमात्मानं नृणां साक्षिणमुत्तमम् ॥ ८४ ॥

ātmaiva hyātmanaḥ sākṣī gatirātmā tathā'tmanaḥ |
mā'vamaṃsthāḥ svamātmānaṃ nṛṇāṃ sākṣiṇamuttamam || 84 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.84 is contained in the book Manusmrti (Sanskrit and English) by Ganganath Jha. This book is available online or you could buy the latest edition:
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (8.84). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atman, Atma, Sakshi, Sakshin, Gati, Asmad, Tha, Sva, Nri, Uttamam, Uttama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.84). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

Line 1: “ātmaiva hyātmanaḥ sākṣī gatirātmā tathā'tmanaḥ ”
ātmai -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

ātmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
hyā -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
ātmanaḥ -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
sākṣī -
sākṣī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

sākṣī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

sākṣi (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

sākṣin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
gatir -
gati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

gati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ātmā -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ātmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tathā' -
atma -
atma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

atma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
naḥ -
na (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
Line 2: “mā'vamaṃsthāḥ svamātmānaṃ nṛṇāṃ sākṣiṇamuttamam ”
mā' -
avamaṃs -
√vam (verb class 1)

[imperfect active third plural]
thāḥ -
tha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
svam -
sva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

svan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

svan (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

sva (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
ātmānam -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
nṛṇām -
nṛ (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
sākṣiṇam -
sākṣin (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
uttamam -
uttamam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

uttama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

uttama (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

uttamā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023